You asked to be flamed, shouldn’t complain when people flame you.
I like the modern naturalized habitat zoos. The animals are healthier, live a heck of a lot longer than they would in the wild, and people get to see exotic animals. Most zoo ownership groups are big animals rights people working hard to help animals in and out of their zoo. Back in the old days of prison cage zoos you might have had a point, but most zoo animals these days have better living conditions than the people who come to see them.
And animals are a very small part of the circus. And most of them are connected to some sort of preservation action. Ringling Brothers is one of the top breeders of elephants and tigers on the planet.
It ain’t the 70s anymore, both the zoo and circus industries have changed dramatically. These days if you care about animals zoos are a VERY good place to be putting your money, and circuses aren’t too bad either.
I appreciate your information on both zoos and circuses.
I would agree with you on the zoos, if they are well maintained, etc.
I do not like circuses because they “train’ the animals to do unnatural tricks and their training methods are not very humane. But because of your post I will research that some more.
thanks.